Fight for the Future
Fight for the Future is dedicated to protecting and expanding the Internet's transformative power in our lives by creating civic campaigns that are engaging for millions of people.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Wednesday, January 02, 2019 Fight for Net Neutrality Continues as Congress Exposes Its Own Corruption As the new Congress is sworn in, the clock has run out for sitting lawmakers to sign on to the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to reverse the FCC’s resoundingly unpopular repeal of net neutrality. But the fight to restore the free and open Internet is far from over. You can see which... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, December 20, 2018 Pressure Mounts on Hold-Out Democrats With One Day Left to Support Net Neutrality Pressure is reaching a boiling point as Internet users continue sounding the alarm ahead of the deadline for members of Congress to show they support real net neutrality protections by signing on to the discharge petition for the CRA resolution to reverse the FCC’s repeal. Representative Brenda... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, December 05, 2018 Net Neutrality Activists Launch “DemsAgainstThe.Net” to Call Out the Handful of Remaining Democrats in Congress who Have Chosen Telecom Hush Money Over Net Neutrality Protections Digital rights group Fight for the Future has launched DemsAgainstThe.Net , a new website shining a spotlight on the remaining Democratic members of Congress who are putting telecom giants’ interests ahead of their constituents. Despite millions of people speaking out in the past year, countless... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Internet Prepares for Final Online Protest Ahead of Net Neutrality CRA Deadline #CyberMonday wasn’t the only major Internet event this week. Internet activists, startups, celebrities, and major web companies are preparing for DeadlineForNetNeutrality.com , a final Internet-Wide Day of Action this Thursday, November 29th, ahead of the December 10th deadline for the House to act... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, October 25, 2018 Net Neutrality Advocates Plan Candidate Town Halls in 24 Swing Districts Digital rights group Fight for the Future is working with local organizers to plan a series of telephone town halls in two dozen key districts across the country where voters can hear directly from candidates about where they stand on the FCC’s disastrous and unpopular repeal of net neutrality. The... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Fight for the Future Statement on New Study Showing Nearly All Unique FCC Comments Opposed the Agency’s Net Neutrality Repeal A brand new study from Stanford University shows that nearly 100% of all unique comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposed the agency’s move to repeal net neutrality. The following statement can be attributed to Evan Greer, Fight for the Future’s Deputy Director (... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, October 03, 2018 Fight for the Future Statement on Big Telecoms Suing to Block California Net Neutrality Bill Trade groups representing essentially the entire broadband industry have joined the Federal Government’s lawsuit to block California’s gold standard net neutrality law, SB 822. Fight for the Future, a digital rights group that played a key role in getting the California bill passed with strong... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, October 01, 2018 California Governor Signs Nation’s Strongest Net Neutrality Protections Into Law California Governor Jerry Brown just signed into law SB 822, the strongest and most comprehensive state-level net neutrality bill in the country. The bill passed the state legislature with overwhelming and bipartisan support, and could unleash a wave of similar efforts in other states, with serious... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, October 01, 2018 California Governor Signs Nation’s Strongest Net Neutrality Protections into Law California Governor Jerry Brown just signed into law SB 822, the strongest and most comprehensive state-level net neutrality bill in the country. The bill passed the state legislature with overwhelming and bipartisan support, and could unleash a wave of similar efforts in other states, with serious... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, September 28, 2018 “Enough Is Enough.” Latest Facebook Mega Breach Prompts Calls for Change From Digital Security Advocates News broke Friday that a massive data breach has exposed the personal information of 50 million Facebook users to unknown actors. A company blog reports that nearly 90 million users were forced to log out out of their accounts as a security precaution and provided little detail on what personal... Read more |